Le Grand Meaulnes (Penguin Modern Classics) - Softcover

Alain-Fournier, Henri

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141182725 ISBN 13: 9780141182728

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 2000

Synopsis

Alain-Fournier's bittersweet novel of youthful ardour and longing is the story of Meaulnes and his search for his lost love. Impulsive, reckless and heroic, Meaulnes embodies the romantic ideal, our search for the unobtainable and the mysterious world between childhood and adulthood.

About this title

About the Author:

Alain-Fournier was born in 1886, the son of a country school-master. He was educated at Brest and in Paris, where he met and fell in love with the original Yvonne, who influenced his whole life and work. The Lost Estate (Le Grand Meaulnes), his only completed novel, was published in 1912. Two years later, Alain-Fournier was killed in action on the Western Front.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0141182725
• ISBN 13: 9780141182728
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208